/**
 * This file is part of 1genia trampoline
 * Copyright (C) 2007 1genia (contact@1genia.com)
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation; version 3 of the License. 
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Library General Public License for more details. 
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; see the file COPYING.TXT.  If not,
 * write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street,
 * Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. 
 **/
package com.genia.toolbox.web.gwt.form.client.value;

import java.util.List;

import com.google.gwt.user.client.rpc.IsSerializable;

/**
 * this interface represents the value if an item of a form.
 */
public interface FormComplexValue
    extends IsSerializable
{

  /**
   * returns the name of the item.
   * 
   * @return the name of the item
   */
  public String getName();



  /**
   * returns the values of the item as a List of <code>String</code>.
   * 
   * @return the values of the item
   */
  public List<FormValues> getValues();



  /**
   * returns the value of this item. If this item has more than one value, this
   * method returns the first value.
   * 
   * @return the value of this item
   */
  public FormValues getValue();



  /**
   * set the values of the item.
   * 
   * @param values
   *          the values to set
   */
  public void setValues(List<FormValues> values);



  /**
   * set the value of this item.
   * 
   * @param value
   *          the value to set
   */
  public void setValue(FormValues value);
}
